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# overstretch

verb (overstretch, overstretches, overstretched, overstretching)

«overstretch» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To overstretch a muscle is to stretch it too far and hurt it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overstretch/#m1)
2. To overstretch yourself, a budget or people is to make them do more than they can manage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overstretch/#m2)

### In the lessons

In PE and health: warm up and don't overstretch. In news and adult life: overstretched hospitals, schools or budgets.

### Examples

- Don't overstretch when you warm up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overstretch/#x1)
- She overstretched her leg in gymnastics. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overstretch/#x2)
- The nurses are overstretched this winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overstretch/#x3)
- Buying a big house would overstretch their budget. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overstretch/#x4)
- The army was overstretched. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overstretch/#x5)
- I overstretched myself by joining five clubs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overstretch/#x6)

### Note

Past: overstretched. Adjective: overstretched (too busy). Healthy stretching should never hurt.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «overstretch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overstretch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«overstretch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/overstretch.html) on Mova free.